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Chandigarh, April 10 Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar said on Friday that the state government should announce the implementation of a crop insurance scheme for farmers during the special Vidhan Sabha session scheduled for April 13.Jakhar said he has also written a letter to Chief Minister...

Chandigarh, April 9 Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar on Thursday urged Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to make the draft anti-sacrilege law public and consult with the people, all political parties, and religious organizations.The AAP government has convened a special session of the Punjab...

Chandigarh, April 8 Congress MLA Pargat Singh on Wednesday urged the AAP government in Punjab to consult religious scholars and experts from all faiths before enacting a law on sacrilege.Singh asserted that the announcement of a special session of the Vidhan Sabha on April 13 to enact a new...

Chandigarh, April 7 A sub-committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Tuesday requested the Punjab government to provide a copy of the draft of an anti-sacrilege law for their suggestions.The AAP government has called for a special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on April 13...

Chandigarh, April 1 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday criticized the Himachal Pradesh Congress government over the entry tax on vehicles from outside the state and warned of reciprocal taxes.His remarks came in the wake of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's...

Chandigarh, April 1 Taking a dig at former AAP MLA Harvinder Singh Phoolka after his entry into the BJP, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Wednesday that any elected person who leaves his voters in the middle can never win elections again.Phoolka, who is also a senior Supreme Court...

Samana, March 22 Activist Gurjeet Singh Khalsa, who has been sitting atop a mobile tower since October 2024, refused to come down on Sunday until an anti-sacrilege law is implemented in Punjab.Khalsa has been atop the telecom tower in Samana since October 12, 2024, demanding strict punishment...

Chandigarh, March 22 – Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Partap Singh Bajwa, joined the protest on Sunday along with Congress workers, standing in solidarity with the family of Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the District Manager of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, who...

Chandigarh, March 19 Punjab Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa on Thursday demanded the disqualification of AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura, who was convicted in a 2013 case of sexual harassment and assault.Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Bajwa, said that along with deputy...

Chandigarh, March 16 Punjab Mining and Geology Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal on Monday countered the opposition's criticism of the Rs 20,000 crore revenue projections for mining, saying the estimate is based on the immense potential of potash mineral reserves identified in the state.Responding...

Chandigarh, March 10 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann cautioned on Tuesday that the interim India-US trade agreement would open India's agricultural markets to heavily subsidized American produce, which would leave farmers in Punjab and other parts of the country struggling to compete.While...

Chandigarh, March 9 A delegation of the Punjab Congress Legislature Party met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria here and raised the issue of pending CAG audit reports that have not yet been presented to the state Assembly, Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa said on Monday.The delegation...

Chandigarh, March 8 – Nearly four years after coming to power on a promise of financial assistance to women, the AAP government in Punjab announced a new scheme on Sunday under which women would receive ₹1,000 or ₹1,500 per month directly into their accounts.Around 97 per cent of all adult...

Chandigarh, March 6 The Punjab Cabinet on Friday approved the presentation of supplementary demands for grants for the fiscal year 2025-26 and budget estimates for the fiscal year 2026-27.This decision was taken by the council of ministers in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief...

Chandigarh, March 6 Punjab Minister Harbhajan Singh led a protest here on Friday against Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa for allegedly making a casteist remark against him.Last month, Bajwa accused Harbhajan Singh of corruption and said, "He used to play in a band before, we will take him...

Chandigarh, March 6 – Even as the Punjab Vidhan Sabha's Budget session is underway and the government is emphasizing its claims of maintaining a "stable" law and order situation while highlighting policing initiatives, a village sarpanch was shot dead in broad daylight in the Moga district on...

Chandigarh, March 6 Punjab Minister Harbhajan Singh led a protest here on Friday against Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa for making remarks that AAP leaders deemed "objectionable".Last month, Bajwa had accused Singh of corruption, saying, "He used to play in a band before, we will take him...

Chandigarh, February 23 A gate and a portion of the structure near the residence of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira were demolished by the district authorities as part of an anti-encroachment drive in Ramgarh village in Bholath, in Kapurthala, with the legislator alleging that the demolition...

Ludhiana, February 19 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann described sports as the "most effective weapon" against the drug menace and announced that the state government will increase the sports budget in the upcoming fiscal year.Addressing a gathering at the Kila Raipur Rural Olympics, Mann...